Quote Originally Posted by ShellQuacker View Post
The catalpa sphynx moth, attracts predatory wasps, which lay their eggs on the catalpa worms, (caterpillars). The eggs hatch and the wasp larvae consume the catalpa worm from the inside. There's little you can do to get rid of the wasps, as they just fly in.
Usually this is a good thing, (wasps attacking caterpillars) like on your tomatoes.
The ants are more than likely "farming" aphids. You can get a product called Tanglefoot, that you put around the tree trunk, and they won't cross it. I doubt the ants are killing your catalpa worms, but it's possible.
Thats it. I am leaving this site forever. Farming aphids????
What the heck? ****** Quack, this is the end of the line for me.
Ya know they say if you sleep inside a horsehair rope in the SW deserts pit vipers (rattlers) will not cross it to cuddle up with yur body heat at night while sleeping. I have found that this is true so long as you lay yur horsehair rope out in a perfect circle, then lock yur doors & roll up the windows while bedding in the cab of yur vessel.
Man, you walked into it Tanglefoot. I been appropriating names here lately. My new bud Devin has been renamed Horsefly. I have been calling the ol lady Squanto lately for no good reason other than it provokes curiosity outta her.
Horsefly dropped by and had the good sense to not hang around long enuf for me to finangle him into standing atop the coop framework with a 12' length of sheet roofing in a mild to gusty breeze. He wants me to name the first chikkin Bob. I dont know man, I dint ax. Seemed a fair request and I aim to do so. Bob seems a strange name for a hen but lookit Bucktooth and Beth. I have always considered Bob a good name for a quadraplegic that falls overboard but thats just my take. I got 1 more piece of roof to but on my Chikkin Hyatt Regency Suites. I am thinking insurance may be in line in case of these **** Sutherners torching the coop makin fried chikkin.